West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition |
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الصفحة 15
... fo that it will be necessary to lay in five or fix gallons of rum more than your sea - stock for that day , and to take about ten gallons more to distribute occasionally to the sailors ; it is the only way to gain their affections ...
... fo that it will be necessary to lay in five or fix gallons of rum more than your sea - stock for that day , and to take about ten gallons more to distribute occasionally to the sailors ; it is the only way to gain their affections ...
الصفحة 38
... low plantations under deluges of water , forcing the inhabitants , like the Egyptians at the overflowing of the Nile , with their Naves and live stock , to take thelter in the mountains until the waters abate ; these heavy rains are.
... low plantations under deluges of water , forcing the inhabitants , like the Egyptians at the overflowing of the Nile , with their Naves and live stock , to take thelter in the mountains until the waters abate ; these heavy rains are.
الصفحة 57
... ( which is very cheap , ) they will amount to 9,000l , more ; all which sums amount to 26,000l . at the lowest computation ; ( indeed , any sort of good plantation with Naves and stock , & c . will cost 30 or 40,000l . ) ...
... ( which is very cheap , ) they will amount to 9,000l , more ; all which sums amount to 26,000l . at the lowest computation ; ( indeed , any sort of good plantation with Naves and stock , & c . will cost 30 or 40,000l . ) ...
الصفحة 59
... at 151. each ; three hundred sheep , at 20s . each ; would be considered a good stock , and annount to 65201 .; twenty negroes , at 40l , each ; the manager's house and stores , ftables , shades , and pents , suppose to cost 2500l ...
... at 151. each ; three hundred sheep , at 20s . each ; would be considered a good stock , and annount to 65201 .; twenty negroes , at 40l , each ; the manager's house and stores , ftables , shades , and pents , suppose to cost 2500l ...
الصفحة 62
... the gates are always locked , so that no stranger or other person if not well known will get admittance , the produce is all shipped on Sundays ; the slaves , and other stock , are only to be met with on Sundays .
... the gates are always locked , so that no stranger or other person if not well known will get admittance , the produce is all shipped on Sundays ; the slaves , and other stock , are only to be met with on Sundays .
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| العنوان | West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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